ABU teams up with NBTC-Thailand on Digital Radio Broadcasting capacity building

Over one hundred participants took part in the capacity building session in Pattaya on 2 December 2016. They were mainly from government agencies, radio broadcasters, consumer organisations, media associations and other stakeholders from the Digital Radio broadcast technologies sector.

Second national DAB+ multiplex approved in Germany

The allocation of frequencies for the 2nd national DAB+ multiplex has been approved by the Presidents of the German Laender. The tender process will launch next week, and be completed by April 2017. This means new private DAB+ services could be on air by mid 2017.

Ofcom urged to licence 3rd Manchester multiplex

Local DAB operator MuxCo is calling on Ofcom to advertise a second city-wide multiplex in Manchester, in addition to current Bauer mux and the small-scale DAB service already operating. Gregory Watson, Managing Director of MuxCo, says: “Manchester is a thriving media market and its current multiplex is full. It is inequitable that whilst London has three local multiplexes offering a fantastic array of stations, Manchester has just the one city-wide multiplex. We already have enough interested operators to comfortably make a second Manchester multiplex viable”.

Asian FX to launch in London on DAB+

Popular youth Asian radio station is being revived for a permanent slot on the new DAB+ platform. Previously, Asian FX has been available on standard DAB platforms in various parts of the UK. It is expected to keep a similar sound when it is added on DAB+ next week and will be the only Asian radio station available in stereo format in London.

Local DAB roll-out completes in Kent

A special event has been held to mark the completion of local DAB digital radio roll-out in Kent, a process that has doubled the number of listeners able to receive their local stations on DAB. Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe and Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee was on hand at the event at Sandgate Primary School in Folkestone to press Digital Radio UK's green button to officially turn on the last of nine new transmitters designed to boost reception and coverage of local digital radio in the county.

Manchester radio revolution as digital stations double

Manchester’s thriving digital radio scene was celebrated at a special event attended by the city’s leading figures from BBC, commercial and community radio, which took place in central Manchester on the evening on Thursday 8 December. The driving force behind the expansion in Manchester has been the success of the Manchester Ofcom small-scale DAB multiplex, operated by Niocast Digital.

The future of digital radio; inside WorldDAB General Assembly 2016

In Austria this November, WorldDAB, made the first steps into that future with a General Assembly which saw over 200 radio experts unite in discussion. A wide array of topics were presented including the continued growth in established markets, updates on emerging markets, new business opportunities, radio receivers, consumer marketing and, especially interesting to us, the ongoing dialogue between DAB and the automotive industry.

Third podcast from WorldDAB General Assembly released

“DAB and Creating New Content” discusses the use of DAB to reach new audiences, the challenge of trying something new and the importance of quality content.Moderator for the panel was Sam Bonham. Panelists included Ash Elford from Angel Radio, Christo Grozev from Radio NewCo and Paul Sylvester from Absolute Radio.

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